Software

It’s straightforward to share a static SVG online, but maybe you want tooltips…

Excel is getting a bump in capabilities with Python integration. From Microsoft:
Excel…

Matthew Jané made a small R package called Theme Park, which is meant…

The SVG path element can be useful for drawing regular and irregular shapes.…

From the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab, Mosaic is a research project…

If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this…

You’ve probably heard of esports, where people compete against each other in multiplayer…

Achim Zeileis and Paul Murrell provide a rundown of the more user-friendly color…

Maybe you’ve wished you could quickly grab the data on a webpage and…

ScrollyVideo.js is a JavaScript library that makes it easier to incorporate videos in…

Twitter isn’t in a great place right now, so maybe you want to…

Simon Willison asked a straightforward question about the tools people use:
If someone…

In the never-ending quest to find the perfect color scheme for any given…

RStudio, the company behind the IDE of the same name, are changing their…

RJ Andrews digs up the PC archives of charting software. Scrolling through the…

If you’re into R and analyzing sports data, you’ll want to save this…

Leonardo is an open source project from Adobe that helps you pick accessible…

Matt Dray is developing a package in R that runs a text-based game.…

Atomic Agents is a JavaScript library by Graham McNeill that can help simulate…

NZ Herald talked to Ross Ihaka, one of the creators of R:
Today,…